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HAS BECOME A
CATALYST FOR LASTING CHANGES TO
THE INFRASTRUCTURE.
REPORTER: I AM STANDING HERE ON
THE ROAD WHERE T AUTHOR -
ANIMAL WAS HURT AND KILLED.
THEY HAVE MAD SEVERAL STEPS TO
MAKE SURE PEOPLE AND OTTS ARE
SAFE.
>> THIS MAKES ME FEEL SO MUCH
BETTER.
REPORTER: HE WORKS IN MOSS
LANDING AND DRIVES ON MOSS
LANDING ROAD EVERY DAY.
HE LIKES SEEING THEM SWIMMING
NEAR THE ROAD.
THEY ARE KNOWN TO MOVE FROM THE
HARBOR OVER TO THE SLEW.
THEY HAVE DECIDED THEY C SWIM
THROUGH THE TIDE GATES.
THE ONLY PROBLEM, WHEN IT IS
HIGH TIDE, THE GATES CLOSED TO
KEEP THE SALT WATER OUT.
WHEN THAT HAPPENS, OTTERS START
CROSSING THE ROAD.
SO TO PREVENT MORE OTTER VERSUS
CAR ACCIDENTS, MONTEREY COUNTY
PUBLIC WORKS INSTALLED A SPEED
HUMP WITH MULTIPLE SIGNS WARNING
PEOPLE TO SLOW DOWN TO 15 MILES
PER HOUR FOR OTTERS THAT MAY BE
CROSSING THE ROA
>> I THINK THIS SHOULD BE
EFFECTIVE.
REPORTER: THEY EVEN SET UP
FENCING AND CONCRETE BARRIERS ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE ROAD, TO
FUNNEL THE OTTERS THROUGH THE
MARKED CROSS WALK.
>> I THINK IT'S A GREAT
IMPROVEMENT FOR THE MOSS LANDING
COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE SEA
OTTERS IF THEY CHOOSE TO STA
WITHIN THE CONFINES OF THE CROSS
WALK
REPORTER: AND THE REASON WHY THE
COUNTY DOESN'T JUST LEAVE THE
TIDE GATES OPEN SO THE OTTERS
CAN ALWAYS SWIM THROUGH?
THEY NEED THE TIDE GATES TO
CLOSE TO PROTECT THE OTHER
ANIMALS LIVING IN THE MORO COHO
SLOUGH THAT COULD BE HARMED IF
THEY ALLOW MORE SALTWATER TO
FLOW I
>> IT WOULD BE IN VIOLATION OF
THIS MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT CALLS
FOR BRACKISH AND FRESH WATER.
SALTWATER CANNOT FLOW FREELY
THROUGH.
OTHERWISE, WE WOULD MAKE THAT
SIDE PURE SALTWATER.
THAT IS DAMAGING TO OTHER
CRITTERS THAT ARE PROTECTED AND
CONSIDERED ENDANGERED.
REPORTER: PUBLIC WORKS IS
PLANNING TO DO SOME ROUTINE
MAINTENANCE.
THEY DID MENTION EVERY TIME THEY
DO WORK ON THESE GATES, THEY
HAVE ONE PERSON DESIGNATED AS
THE QUOTE OF
TTER OBSERVER,
MAKING SURE THEY ARE NOT
DISTURBED BY THIS WORK AND
MAINTENANCE.
DAN: OTERS ARE BIG PART OF T
UNITY AND THE STRUGGLE HARD.
THEY EVEN SET UP OTTER
MEMORIALS.
THEY CALLED HIM MR. ENCHILADA.
MONTEREY BAY AQUARIUM,
ANNOUNCING TODAY IT WILL DO IT'S
PART TO PROTECT WILD SEAHORSES
BY BREEDING THEIR OWN.
IT IS A NEW PROJECT.
IT'S FOR THEIR VIVA BAJA LIFE ON
THE EDGE EXHIBIT.
SHOWCASING A COLLECTION OF
PACIFIC SEAHORSES THAT ARE BRED
AND RAISED IN THE AQUARIUM.
THE PACIFIC SEAHORSE SPECIES IS
NOT COMMONLY DISPLAYED AT
AQUARIUMS.
IT IS THE ONLY SEAHORSE FOUN